Action Jackson [Paperback]

One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).

Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure point for a unique picture book about a great painter and the way in which he worked. Their lyrical text, drawn from Pollock's own comments and those made by members of his immediate circle, is perfectly complemented by vibrant watercolors by Robert Andrew Parker that honor his spirit of the artist without imitating his paintings.

A photographic reproduction of the finished painting, a short biography, a bibliography, and a detailed list of notes and sources that are fascinating reading in their own right make this an authoritative as well as beautiful book for readers of all ages.

Action Jacksonis a Sibert Honor Book, aNew York TimesBest Book of the Year, and aPublishers WeeklyBest Book of the Year.

Jan GreenbergandSandra Jordanare the authors of award winning childrens and young adult books about art includingChuck Close: Up Close(ABoston Glove-Horn BookHonor Book and Norman O. Sugarman Award winner); andVincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an ArtistandAction Jackson, which were both Sibert Award Honor Books.

Robert Andrew Parkeris a fine artist and printmaker whose work often appears in publications such asThe New Yorker. His numerous children's books includeMr. WellingtonandCold Feet, winner of the 2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

Nicknamed Action Jackson for his kinetic style, abstract artist Jackson Pollack takes the spotlight in this outstanding picture book biography. Collaborators Greenberg and Jordan frame their account around a significant period in Pollack's life in 1950, when he created Number 1, 1950 (also called Lavender Mist), one of his most famous paintings. Readers follow ló,